Hi Riccardo, Am 30.01.2014 um 16:07 schrieb Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]>:
> Hi, > > Niels Grewe wrote: >> Sorry, but since I have worked a lot on integration between GNUstep and >> ‘foreign’ desktop environments in the past few years, I feel compelled to >> comment on this: I think it is ill-advised to draw too stark an opposition >> between ‘true OpenStep’ and the likes of KDE/Gnome/Unity etc. At least in my >> view, we are not trying to improve integration because we believe that their >> approaches to interacting with a computer are inherently better (in that >> case, I would probably be contributing to those projects instead), but >> precisely because we have limited manpower: Providing interfaces to hook >> into stuff that other people have already written (and are probably >> committed to maintaining for a while) is much more effective than writing >> everything from scratch. It’s also a good way for ‘onboarding’ people who >> just want to try out a piece of GNUstep-based software. If it blends into >> their existing setup nicely, I would assume that it’s a bit more likely that >> they stick around and contribute. So rather than looking at it as a dilution >> of the OpenStep ideals, I would ask you to look at it as an opportunity to >> get people interested in our project. > Who sait it is bad? Nothing to be sorry about. I worked on a certain degree > of foreign integration too and do use it. It has a lots of reasons to exist! > > I was just remarking that it is nice that someone appreciates the roots of > the design. I think I can agree with that! I apologise for making so much noise, maybe I’m just extra cranky today. I hope you don’t feel offended. Cheers, Niels _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
